Shloka 9
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
द्विजश्रेष्ठ काशीमें महायशस्वी तुलाधार रहते हैं, जो वणिक्-धर्मका पालन करते हैं; किंतु वे भी ऐसी बात नहीं कह सकते, जैसी आज आप कह रहे हैं' ।।
dvijaśreṣṭha kāśyāṃ mahāyaśasvī tulādhāro vasati, yo vaṇik-dharmam ācarati; kintu sa api tādṛśīṃ vācam na śaknoti vaktum yādṛśīm adya bhavān vadati. ity ukto jājaliḥ bhūtaiḥ pratyuvāca mahātapāḥ—paśyeyaṃ tam ahaṃ prājñaṃ tulādhāraṃ yaśasvinam.
“噢，婆罗门中的至上者，在迦尸有一位名声卓著之人，名叫图拉达拉，奉行商人之职分；然而即便是他，也不能像你今日这般言说。”无形众生如此说道后，大苦行者阇阇利答道：“我可得一见那位睿智而显赫的图拉达拉吗？”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma and true wisdom are not guaranteed by ascetic identity alone; ethical excellence can be embodied by a householder—here, a merchant—whose lived practice of fairness and restraint may surpass mere claims or pride.
Unseen beings tell the ascetic Jājali that in Kāśī there is a famed merchant, Tulādhāra, associated with exemplary conduct, and that even he would not speak as Jājali is speaking. Prompted by this, Jājali asks to meet (see) Tulādhāra, setting up a teacher–seeker encounter.